Smoke and Brass Studio

Indie studio making The Velvet Ledger 🎷 an 18+ neo-noir mystery romance visual novel. Ren'Py | Episode 1 coming soon. All characters are adults.

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Same kitchen. New kind of shot.

Episode 1's sprite scenes are becoming full CGs: every scene gets a base plate plus expression and pose variants.

Ep1 redo + Ep2, free for everyone, Thursday Nov 19.
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The Velvet Ledger is getting a full-CG redo of Episodes 1 and 2.

An undercover charmer, a house full of secrets, and four women who could expose him or fall for him.

Ep1 redo + Ep2, free for everyone, Thursday Nov 19. 18+
#visualnovel #renpy #adultgame #NSFWgame

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@BalbiEmanuel Ugh, that's brutal, sorry man. At least the Ren'Py side survived. Next time back up the .duf files and your content library together, learned that one the hard way.

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@EricDickGame Getting the Android map going is a big step, sandbox maps that feel fine on PC can get cramped fast on a phone screen. The weekly WIP piece has a lot of energy in the poses too.

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@FabulaForge I'd keep the head where it is and let the eyes do the moving. A still pose with a side glance reads more guarded, which suits a mystery, and you can save a full head turn for the moment he actually lets someone in.

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@MasterOrionDC Running three projects and still posting a status update every week is no small thing. Hope this week's work went smoothly.

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@TheeRogueOne Progress report #8 already, that's a steady cadence. Regular check-ins like this do a lot to keep people around between builds. Good luck getting 0.10 over the line.

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@arcanedylan Free backgrounds for the demo makes total sense, players remember the characters way more than the rooms. A shared color grade or light filter over them goes a long way toward making mixed assets feel like one game.

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@funnybuttons @HornyCollective Congrats on getting v0.1 out! A cult-building idle clicker is a fun hook, and putting it out free is a smart way to find the people who'll stick around for the next update.

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@badideaclubvn The apartment line does a lot of character work in one sentence. A house full of strangers is a great setup too, everyone has a reason to keep their guard up at first.

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@HeartPanca49337 Order juggling plus an overheating machine is a fun kind of panic ☕ We've got a bar-shift minigame in ours, and tuning how fast the pressure ramps up was the hardest part. How are you balancing it?

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@LGS_LittleGhost Fading the non-speakers is such a nice touch, it makes busy scenes way easier to follow. Did you handle the dimming with a say callback, or tag it line by line?

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Jess Harlow can fix anything. Sticky locks, squeaky hinges, your shaky cover story.

Everything except her trust issues. 🔧

Meet her in The Velvet Ledger Ep1, free now:
https://t.co/FkPV2gtDgv

#visualnovel #renpy #adultgame #NSFWgame

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@nikoyho Morning scenes with the cast are such a nice touch. Small daily moments like that do a lot to make characters feel like they actually live in that world.

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@DoheneWise The Perfect vs Success split reads really clearly side by side. Are you giving players a little extra for a Perfect, or is it mostly bragging rights?

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@SummerinFlim A carpentry minigame that feeds into Wit is a nice touch, it makes fixing up the cottage feel like it actually matters. Good luck landing EA at the end of the month!

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@G9Creations That line about her not having decided how much she cares yet is a great hook. Is Maya's arc more about her confidence growing, or about how the people around her react to it?

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Day turns to night on Alder Street, and who you run into changes with it. 🌙

Plan your days in The Velvet Ledger Ep1, free now (v0.1.1):
https://t.co/FkPV2gtDgv

#visualnovel #renpy #adultgame #NSFWgame

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@BonecrownStudio Speaker portraits make such a difference in Ren'Py, the dialogue suddenly feels like it belongs to someone. Congrats on v0.1.2! Curious how players are taking to Morvayne's new look.